CAN Newsletter September issue

Historically, the first ideas to use CAN in agriculture machines goes back to the end of the 80ties. Nowadays, CAN is not only used as embedded network in tractors and implements, but also as a standardized integration backbone network in agriculture machines, known as Isobus specified in the ISO 11783 standard series. One of the emerging functions is the tractor-implement management (TIM), which enables implements to control partly the tractor.

CAN is also used in animal feeding and milking robots as well as live-stock automation, for example, to control the heating, air conditioning, and ventilation (HVAC).

Another emerging application is vertical farming. This is an agri-food system with a bright future, expect and hope scientists all over the world.